Everyday Systems

kbits

Thanks Reinhard, that's a really useful mod. Works great on my IPhone 4. Look forward to purchasing the app thru ITunes when it comes out!!!

kbits

Hey, that looks pretty swell. Looking forward to it!

Actually, why not call it Habit Calculator (in the apps store) and make sure you use the word "HabitCal" somewhere in the description? That will make it turn up for searches on either Habitcal (along with the other app, but so what?) and habit ...

kbits

That's good to hear -- maybe there's not much to do, then.

I've messed around with it a bit in my ipod touch but not enough to get a sense of how painful it would be to do it regularly.

Those of you who are eager to get a full blown app / more mobilized version, let me know what you'd most like ...

kbits

Thanks Reinhard - I really appreciate your hard work. Looking forward to it when it's done.

Quick question: will the online HabitCal synch with the mobile version (and vice versa) or are they to be completely separate? (Ie: If I update one, will it reflect in the other?)

kbits

Just another bump for the Iphone/Ipod version of HabitCal - hope it's coming along well? Dare we ask for an ETA? :) Have money, will buy app! :)

One feature that might be useful is to have multiple checks to one item. So I might have something like "drink glass of water": tapping it once would turn ...

kbits

Am definitely interested in a Android version and would willingly pay for it.

Any progress, Reinhard?

kbits

*applauds*

kbits

What's interesting to me is that there were periods of seeming inactivity...then a small drop etc. I'm glad I only weighed myself sporadically.
If I had been watching the scales more closely I might have panicked.

I wish I had taken some before and durings too - everyone who hasn't seen me for a ...

kbits

Bumping thread in order to remind Reinhard to program those medal to auto-show up on HabitCalc

kbits

Thank you :)

The thing is...it doesn't feel like I'm doing...anything unusual. Just eating the same ol' same ol' :D (Have developed a habit of plugging inbetween meals with a glass of milk or tea if needed)

Kinda like cheating :). Almost too easy.

I pretty much stuck to Vanilla No-S...those ...

kbits

13 lbs in 3 months. My habitcalc isn't spotless, but it's pretty good

http://tinyurl.com/5w8kef

Huh. Huh indeed!

kbits

You're thinner, faster, stronger, and somehow have less muscle? That doesn't make sense.

No it doesn't. Being a science type myself, I just can't leave well enough alone.

So I went and talked to the operator today. I specifically asked "how can this be?"

The reply was

-slight calibration error ...

kbits

Second verse, much like the first :)

One thing I'm noting is that - in fact - it's a pretty easy "habit" to eat more protein

1662 calories
Fat: 57g
Carbs: 178 g
Protein: 98g
Alcohol: 0g

Bfast:
Quick oats with milk and fortified Nesquik

Lunch:
Medium sized lean beef burger
*2 scrambled eggs ...

kbits

That's interesting...

I'm guessing sleep / diet / exercise are of course the biggies.

After that...what comes next in your list of priorities? Perhaps "tasks" is a sneaky way of keeping it to 4...but really doing much more than four things, without creating a sense of being overwhelmed?

(general ...

kbits

You know, I can't remember exactly how I found out about No-s either.... a mention on another site would be my guess, but I can't recall which. Might have been ironsports.tv....

kbits

On previous occasions, I have had upto 5-6 habits being tracked on habit calc, right from the get go. As you can imagine, this turned out to be a disaster: one habit might be going well but then another might not be, then I would start to berate myself until eventually walking away from the whole ...

kbits

Hmmm...

Not indulging the sweet tooth after dinner....but that seems to be fading too. Snacking seems really close to the surface - that is, least well controlled so far. If I didn't 'fence around the law', I could easily see how it could get out of control ("C'mon....it's just a piece of cheese ...

kbits

Currently, females "outweigh" males (pardon the pun) about 4:1

Still too early to call it definitively, but I wonder if this is in fact close to the overall pattern here?

(keep voting, folks!)

kbits

I'll give the calorie counting a few more days, just to see if there is a trend that develops.

FWIW, I think even pre No-s I wasn't getting more than 1800-2000 a day - and was neither gaining nor losing weight. Keep in mind though that Fitday.com is only a "guesstimate" (+/- 10-20%)

(So much for ...

kbits

Just for fun, here is todays food log. Note that I took extra special care to 'up' my protein intake. I suspect it was much lower than this, which could explain the muscle loss -

Bfast:
4 pieces of toast with Cottage Cheese
1 glass of whole milk with fortified Nesquik

Lunch:
2 Hardboiled eggs ...

kbits

Thought it might be interesting to get some demographic info of current No-sers

kbits

I'm not especially concerned over it, truth be told. If I can lose muscle mass this quickly, I can sure as heck put it back on. My strength, as measured by 1RM in the squat hasn't decreased, and my power output as measured by force plates and accelerometers has *improved*. (Of course, there may be ...

kbits

I just lost 8 lbs in 3 somethings weeks doing No s

*shrugs*

kbits

It's looks great

I'm gonna steal the format and make my own.

Who doesn't love a good chart

kbits

blueskighs

For the duration of the study - so as to not fuddle any results - I have limited my exercise to just what what was prescribed. That is: 3 times a week: twice a week of unweighted plyometrics (x reps for y sets), once a week of weighted plyometrics (x sets for y reps at 30% of 1 ...

kbits

Allow me to regale you with a tale woe :?

I'm part of a study at my university on power and strength training, as it impacts sprint performance (amongst other things).

As part of this study, I get frequent (monthly) DEXA scans (Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry). DEXA is considered the 'gold ...

kbits

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth%2C_Western_Australia

kbits

Does the Truth Lie Within?

By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT

The Accidental Diet

Seth Roberts is a 52-year-old psychology professor at the University of California at Berkeley. If you knew Roberts 25 years ago, you might remember him as a man with problems. He had acne, and most days he ...

kbits

Rose -

What software did you use to graph that? It doesn't look like the bog standard Excel chart?

kbits

I feel your pain: the weight loss is s-l-o-w

Logically however, there's *no* real reason why it shouldn't occur, as long as you've had more successful days then failures, haven't gone too nuts on the weekend and have kept portion sizes in check.

Calories out > Calories in = you win

Other then ...

kbits

Great job!

One tidbit I'd like to add:

If they used calipers, electric impedance or worse, measuring tape, you should know that the % the give can be an OVER-ESTIMATE by 2-5%. In all likelyhood your % is lower than you think. (Of the lot, the calipers are most accurate if used correctly)

One ...

kbits

Oz is a very car intensive society, on account of everything being so far apart. My home town has an urban sprawl of 130km. Fortunately, it has one of the best public transport systems on Earth.

Re: Olden tymes -
I read a statistic once that said it was closer to 20,000 steps or 5-7km - sorry, no ...

kbits

Exercise

Don't hide it (hammer) away. Place it somewhere where you go often. It won't get in the way

Reduce inertia. Workout in the closest big space. If you've got a loungeroom and an quarter acre block out the back? Work out in the loungeroom. Reduce inertia!

Have a copy or keep on monitor ...

kbits

I got one of these for $99. Mine has 2GB internal memory with provision of more via SD cards. It also has an inbuilt microphone for recording voice and plays MP4's.

http://www.tesora.com.au/Olin_MP3_MP4_Media_Player_1.5_LCD_screen__10425.htm

Very light (~100g) and about the size of a credit card ...

kbits

Ah. Should have used 'strange' or 'weird' + diet as my search terms. Obvious in hindsight

kbits

Just was wanting to read some of the other ideas folks had tried in managing their food intake and what the results were? Call it a 'diet review' if you will.

For example, I went on a strict 'twigs and berries' diet (aka - nothing you couldn't kill or gather in 100,000 BC). It worked - as most ...

kbits

The idea of 'food as medicine' is a pretty interesting one to me. If food can heal, then surely it can harm. I get the feeling the concept is increasingly popular and not just with the avid nutra-ceutical crowd

For example, I just finished a S day, which was closer to what my pre-noS days were like ...

kbits

Sandbags are the implement du jure at the moment. Having said that, I hate the friggen things - heavy and uncooperative

Give me a nice, clean, simple barbell or sledge any day...sandies are too much like hard work (tm)

kbits

I like to add half or a full tablespoon of low(er) fat peanut butter. For me, it gives the oatmeal an sense of "I'm eating something" rather than a "did I just eat a bowl of cement?". Sometimes add in some "3 fruits" tinned fruit - although I find that can make it too watery.

It occurs to me that ...

kbits

Well, there is a diet book called "Potatoes, not Prozac".... maybe it was onto something? :>

kbits

Thanks Reinhard - I'd really love to see those features.

I dunno what it is about putting ticks into boxes....or getting gold stars...that works so darn well.

Actually, come to think, maybe because it's so titchy and special at the same time that makes us crave it. According to Cialdini, it's the ...

kbits

Good call. That's always been a sticking point for me too with the CR stuff.

Longevity vs Quality of Life.

Dunno - maybe some ex-CR folks (if they're here?) can chime in?

kbits

I think a lot of us have issues with going a little nuts on the S-days. I wonder if maybe the S-days should be called "1-s" days? That is, you can indulge one of the S's - snack, sweet or second - once per S day?

Or is that too complicated to remember? What say you?

kbits

Also, just to add.

Here are some ways to (cheaply and relatively simply) test your "Cardiovascular system".

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/eval.htm

Scroll down to where it says "Submaximal VO2 max" testing. The step test one is pretty simple, but Urban rangers might like the Rockport walking test ...

kbits

Increasing your strength (either by walking quickly, squatting movements with shovelglove, stairs etc) WILL increase your running ability, without necessarily impacting cardiovascular systems (eg: VO2max).

eg:
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/5/1527

In this case, what applies to ...

kbits

I've been looking at a bunch of bodybuilding sites. Most of them are of course for guys. They say that if you are "training" (as if), you should eat 1 g protein per pound of body weight. If I were to apply that to my ideal weight, that would be a minimum of 95 g a day! If I eat my custom designed ...

kbits

The OCD in me loves that site, KCCC!

kbits

Dunno if this has been discussed here before, but it certainly is interesting!

So what started all of this voluntary restriction? CR Society members point to a body of research starting with mice, and since extended to rats, dogs, cows, and a number of other animals showing that animals with ...

kbits

I would like to see the movie. I've seen Supersize Me, and I like documentaries....even if I don't agree with everything in them, they make you think.
I've also enjoyed 'Bowling for Columbine', 'Sicko' , 'A Crude Awakening", 'The 11th Hour", and 'An Inconvienent Truth'.

Oh, ya, and 'Who Killed ...

kbits

Now, please don't let this distract you from No-S diet. It's simply a fun post (hey, I figure I keep participating on the forums, I have to stay accountable for my habitcalc)

According to some, fat isn't as evil as claimed....nor is it a panacea. Still, after SuperSize me, some of you might like to ...

kbits

You're worried about the fat content of PB&J I take it?

You might be amused and assuaged by this, then

http://www.youtube.com/user/FatHeadMovie

Long story short: No-S = portion control, not content control per se. (If you go to that guys site, you can see the sample McDonalds portion control diet ...

kbits

Back in the day, English tests were scored by correct answers to questions. That is, you start with 0 and gain a maximum of 100%

Conversely, French tests worked in the other direction: start with 100% and then lose points for every wrong answer.

With that in mind, what's your preference for the ...

kbits

Yeah I get that too sometimes.

I find that chewing on a ice cube works quite well. You can freeze them with a touch of salt or some cordial. V8 etc if you so desire for flavour.

There's something about *eating* it that draws your attention to the task, vs drinking. Maybe that's just me - call it ...

kbits

Perhaps these have been mentioned before, but just in case they haven't

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=clubbells&search_type=

Some of these folks take themselves way too seriously but they do have some nifty exercise. And heck, if you're feeling inspired by them....OTOH, if you're not ...

kbits

Whatever's the quickest and healthiest, given time available and what's in the fridge :-) Which is ironic really and goes to prove that habit is powerful and dumb - you just keep doing what you keep doing....

So -

Sometimes oats with tinned fruit or peanut butter, sometimes toast with baked beans ...

kbits

Just wanted to mention a site I found personally interesting. It might remind some folk of the ancient 5BX plan.

It's not quite as discrete and self contained as shovelglove (admitedly, these might be issues?) but perhaps it might offer a different perspective to "schedulistically insignificant ...

kbits

Just wanted to say a short hello to everyone. This is the...3rd time? 4th? I've started No-s. A couple of times I made the mistake of giving up after no immediate results (~2-3 weeks) or perhaps even gaining a little. "I'm *gaining* weight? What the hell is that all about?!?!".

A couple of other ...

kbits

I wonder...would it be possible to add an icon or something to the Habitcalc so it could automatically give you a gold, silver or bronze? That is - it count's the green, yellows and reds and gives you a little medal at the top of the chart at the end of the month?

(technically I suppose you could ...

Everyday Systems

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:)

Huh - how did that happen?!

Introducing new habits to habitcalc - when?

Are you male or female?

How numbers lie (or: how you can do right and go wrong?)

The spirit of self experimentation

Other "diets" you've tried?

Re: Question for Noel: protein

Eat less, live longer (Calorie restriction theory)

FatHead: The movie

HabitCalc: French test or English test?

Some new exercises?

20 minute fitness

Hi all